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Parent & Me –

(10-20) Seeing Double: A Nature Memory Game – Parents and students will test their memory with this fun game while learning more about what they see in the forest around them.

(Unlimited) Nature Scavenger Hunt – Parents and students will get out in nature and work together to search for interesting items found in the Drift Creek loop.

(10-15) Painter’s Palettes – Students will get a chance to look more closely at the many beautiful colors that occur naturally in the forest. They will create their own palette with the colors they find.

High School –

(10-12) X-Stream Exploration II – This lesson begins at the creek where students will collect living organisms that they find living in the water. The lesson will then move indoors where they will use microscopes to identify and categorize the macroinvertebrates they collected. They will use this information to calculate the water quality rating of Drift Creek using a Stream Study recording sheet.

(8-10) Nature Photography – Learn the basic functions of digital cameras and get lots of tips on how to take artistic nature photography. Students will have the chance to use digital cameras to try out what they learned. (Students must provide their own digital cameras.)

(10) Nature Hunt Challenge – Campers pair up to find specific plants in the Drift Creek Camp loop.

(10) Biblical Nature Analogies– Campers will learn about Biblical principles through examples in nature.

7-8^th  grade–

(10-15) X-Stream Exploration – Students will explore the creek searching for the animals that live in it. They will learn how to collect and identify the animals they find. They will learn about the food chain and how all of the organisms they found are connected.

(8) All about Salmon! – The students will hear the exciting story of a salmon’s life cycle. They will get a chance to see preserved baby salmon in the different stages of development, play some salmon games and learn how they can help more salmon survive to spawn.

(10) Nature Hunt Challenge – Campers pair up to find specific plants in the Drift Creek Camp loop.

(8-10) Nature Photography – Learn the basic functions of digital cameras and get lots of tips on how to take artistic nature photography. Students will have the chance to use digital cameras to try out what they learned. (Students must provide their own digital cameras.)
(9-12) Fun with Microscopes – students collect plants and animals to observe more closely under the microscopes.

5-6^{th grade}–

(10-15) X-Stream Exploration – Students will explore the creek searching for the animals that live in it. They will learn how to collect and identify the animals they find. They will learn about the food chain and how all of the organisms they found are connected.

(10) Nature Games (pick 3 to do for 20 minutes each)

a.    Web of Life – Students learn about the interconnectedness of the forest ecosystem.

b.    Seeing Double : A Nature Memory Game – Students test their memory while learning about the many things that can be found in the forest.

c.    Nature Memory – Learn to identify local plants and animals while playing this classic game.

d.    Nature Scavenger hunt – find as many objects on the list as you can in a given amount of time.

(8) Tree Smart – After reading a book about trees, students will go out on a scavenger hunt to identify the different types of trees we have in the Drift Creek Loop. Students will make and label crayon prints of leaves, needles, and/or bark of the identified trees. They will also learn about how to determine the age of trees by counting their rings.

(8-10) Animal Senses – Using the book Animal Senses by Pamela Hickman, students will learn how animals use their senses of smelling, tasting, seeing, touching, and hearing differently than we do through many fun games and experiments.

(8) All about Salmon! – The students will hear the exciting story of a salmon’s life cycle. They will get a chance to see preserved baby salmon in the different stages of development, play some salmon games and learn how they can help more salmon survive to spawn.

(8-10) Animal Tracking – Learn how to find and identify different animal tracks. Students will make their own animal print cast to take home with them!

(9-12) Fun with Microscopes – students collect plants and animals to observe more closely under the microscopes.

3-4^th  grade–

(8) Tree Smart – After reading a book about trees, students will go out on a scavenger hunt to identify the different types of trees we have in the Drift Creek Loop. Students will make and label crayon prints of leaves, needles, and/or bark of the identified trees. They will also learn about how to determine the age of trees by counting their rings.

(8-10) Animal Senses – Using the book Animal Senses by Pamela Hickman, students will learn how animals use their senses of smelling, tasting, seeing, touching, and hearing differently than we do through many fun games and experiments.

(10) Nature Games (pick 3 to do for 20 minutes each)

a.    Web of Life – Students learn about the interconnectedness of the forest ecosystem.

b.    Seeing Double : A Nature Memory Game – Students test their memory while learning about the many things that can be found in the forest.

c.    Nature Memory – Learn to identify local plants and animals while playing this classic game.

d.    Nature Scavenger hunt – find as many objects on the list as you can in a given amount of time.

(8) All about Salmon! – The students will hear the exciting story of a salmon’s life cycle. They will get a chance to see preserved baby salmon in the different stages of development, play some salmon games and learn how they can help more salmon survive to spawn.

(8-10) Animal Tracking – Learn how to find and identify different animal tracks. Students will make their own animal print cast to take home with them!